Cricket This has been a fantastic cricket term, despite the challenging weather. Most of the boys have had the chance to represent the school and results have been pleasing allround. The U11’s had some very close games, beating King Henry’s on the last ball whilst narrowly losing to Arnold lodge with one delivery to go. They also enjoyed rather more straight forward victories against The Croft and Eversfield, where Lewis Carroll scored 64 runs, before just failing to beat a good Warwick. The U10 Team beat Warwick, Eversfield and Arnold Lodge and, despite bowling well, couldn’t make up the runs against The Croft. Will Canning and Dan Barnes made outstanding contributions with bat and ball to the team’s success. The Under 8 and 9 Teams lost only one game between them. Fine victories for the U9’s against King Henry’s, Eversfield, Arnold Lodge and The Croft were a great reward for all the hard work in training.
Rounders During the Summer Term netball posts and hockey sticks have been replaced by rounders posts and bats. Whilst our Year 3 pupils have been learning the skills and rules of the game, the Year 4, 5 and 6 girls have played in after school fixtures. In fact all 48 Bablake girls in Years 5 and 6 played in the recent match against Bromsgrove Prep. The U11A team beat Eversfield in their first match of the season, were presented with The Bowl at the U11 Rugby School Tournament and recently defeated Bromsgrove Prep in a thrilling match by 9 -8. Our U11B secured a fine 17-12 defeat of Bablake Senior U12B team and hope for a repeat in a rematch later this term. In their first outing of the season, our U10A team won the tournament at Kingsley Prep. The Bablake squad defeated teams from Crackley
Hall, Crescent and the host school, scoring 24 rounders and conceding only 6. They drew a competitive match against the Croft and secured a fine 16-3 defeat of Bromsgrove B team before beating KH8 14-10. Despite narrowly losing their first 2 matches the U10B team have gained valuable experience for future games. The U9A team made an impressive start in their first ever match with a 12-6 defeat of Warwick Prep. Rain interrupted play in the Eversfield fixture and resulted in a 10 all draw. In lessons the team have worked hard to improve their batting skills and as a consequence they recorded a fine 14-11 victory over Croft and then also Everfield, 11-10. The U9B team have played only 1 match to date and after a closely fought match narrowly lost to Warwick Prep B.
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Our new mixed team did well, beating Eversfield 23-7. Mrs Reed and Mrs Huxter
Excellence trhough care....
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SUMMER 2012